Fictional account of Jayalalithaa’s life, The Queen, hits book stands
Read the novel, The Queen, to know more about Jayalalithaa's life.
Chennai, April 29: Months after the demise of former chief minister of Tamil Nadu J Jayalalithaa, novel--The Queen--based on her life--is now available on book stands.
The book, written by poet and author, Anita Sivakumaran, is priced at Rs 263. According to reports, the book traces the journey of a woman from a small place in Tamil Nadu, who is forced to take up acting and later becomes the chief minister of the state.
The gist of the book on the online shopping store, Amazon, clearly indicates that the book is totally inspired from the life and times of the former All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam supremo.
This is how the gist of the book reads like:
A
brilliant
student
from
an
impoverished
family,
Kalai
Arasi
is
forced
to
take
up
acting
in
films.
She
attracts
the
attention
of
the
reigning
superstar,
PKB,
who
becomes
her
lover
and
mentor
before
he
leaves
films
to
enter
politics.
Years
later,
when
he
coaxes
Kalai
to
campaign
for
him,
she
meets
with
spectacular
success.
PKB
wins
a
third
term
by
a
landslide
but
within
days
he
dies.
In
the
brutal
battle
for
power
that
follows,
Kalai
prevails.
She
seizes
the
throne
to
become
chief
minister
of
Tamil
Nadu.
Guarded,
cautious
and
suspicious
of
both
friend
and
foe,
Kalai's
loneliness
increases
alongside
her
authoritarianism.
She
befriends
Selvi,
a
woman
who
runs
a
video
shop,
but
Selvi
leads
her
into
ever
more
pompous
displays
of
wealth
and
power.
With
intensifying
rumours
of
corruption,
the
walls
begin
to
close
in
on
Kalai.
She
is
forced
to
confront
the
shattering
question:
Will
the
public
turn
against
her?
The Queen follows the ascent of a sixteen-year-old girl to superstardom and her transformation thereafter into a formidable politician. It tells a scintillating story of power, its triumphs and its perversions and marks the debut of an audacious new voice.
Jayalalithaa died on December 5 last year. Since then, the AIADMK is witnessing infighting to take control of the party's fortunes by various camps.
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